Distance Education Off-Campus Course Offerings . . . . . Spring 2008

COURSE TITLE:	Building Native Community & Economic Capacity
COURSE:	C Dev 509
COURSE DESCRIPTION:	This is an elective track course within the Community Development On-line Master's Program, a program through the Great Plains IDEA consortium. It will focus on alternative approaches to helping Native communities build their community and economic capacity. Students will learn participatory, culture-centered, and strength-based approaches to community development.
PREREQUISITES:	Graduate classification; Offered through the Great Plains IDEA consortium, students will need to contact Carrie Brus for registration information and enrollment; cbrus@iastate.edu
CREDITS:	3 graduate credits
COMPUTER REQUIREMENT:	See College of Agriculture Computer Requirements
DATES:	February 4-April 11, 2008
DELIVERY METHOD:	Web, taught by South Dakota State University
TUITION:	$415 per credit
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAM:	Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, Community Development specialization Master of Agriculture
INSTRUCTOR:	John Phillips, johnphillips@mchsi.com
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:	January 28, 2008
TEXT:	No textbook is required.